Original Artwork & Portraits (all items)
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WRIGHT, Cliff [Original Artwork].
Hogwarts School. 1997.
£25,000
This artwork was used on the first and subsequent editions.
Original artwork in pencil, ink and water-colour. Approx. 14 x 9 inches. This is the original illustration depicting Hogwarts School used on the rear cover of Harry... Read more
WELLS, H. G.
The Island of Dr. Moreau. 1896
£30,000
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author "M. C. Robbins from H. G. Wells" with a drawing in the author's hand – a characteristic Wells "picshua" – of three...
Octavo. Original tan boards, titles and illustration to upper board in red and black, titles to spine in black. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box made by... Read more
WAUGH, Frederick Judd.
Original artwork titled "Incident at Koorn Spruit (No Help from Bloemfontein.)" 1900
£1,500
Wonderfully vivid illustration for the front cover of Part 24 of Eyre & Spottiswoode's famous part-work history of the Boer War. Waugh has noted the caption-text in pencil verso;...
Original artwork for With the Flag to Pretoria (410 × 350mm), gouache and body-colour en grisaille on board, signed and dated. A little browned in places,... Read more
TIMLIN, William Mitcheson.
The Arrival. 1923]
£37,500
Born in Northumberland, Timlin emigrated to South Africa, where he studied art and practised as an architect. The Ship That Sailed to Mars (1923) is his only published book, a...
Original watercolour on paper (image 270 × 247 mm; framed 615 × 540 mm). Together with two original leaves of accompanying calligraphic text: the contents... Read more
TIMLIN, William M.
Original painting. 1939
£20,000
This magnificent illustration is probably a finished work for a book titled "The Building of a Fairy City" which was is in progress but never published before Timlin's death. His...
Original artwork in pen, ink and watercolour on paper. Image approximately 900 × 740 mm. Signed and dated William M. Timlin 1939 to the lower right. Framed. Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Horton Hatches the Egg. 1940
£6,500
First edition, first printing. With a full page drawing on the pastedown by Dr. Seuss of Horton the elephant holding up a notice board with the inscription "For Charles Henderson...
Quarto. Original brown buckram, titles to front cover in red, rebacked with a grey morocco spine. Illustrated throughout by Dr. Seuss Very slight rubbing to edges,... Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Original artwork: A Wocket in my Pocket. [c. 1960–80]
£8,000
A similar image is used for the front cover of Dr Seuss's A Wocket in my Pocket.
Original artwork in black, felt tip. Approx. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. A fine drawing of a boy with a wocket in his back pocket, taken from the cover of the book. Inscribed... Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Original artwork: One-Wheeler Wubble Being Drawn By A Camel. after 1965
£10,000
Original artwork in black wax crayon. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Chap on a One-Wheeler Wubble being drawn by a camel from the book I had Touble in Getting to...
Original artwork in black wax crayon. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Chap on a One-Wheeler Wubble being drawn by a camel from the book I had Touble... Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Original artwork: Ouch. [c. 1960–80]
£10,000
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Creature being attacked by a Skritz at his neck and a Skrink to his toe from the book I had...
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Creature being attacked by a Skritz at his neck and a Skrink to his toe from the... Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Original drawing of Yertle the Turtle. after 1958
£5,000
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. A fine drawing of Yertle the Turtle sitting on a mound. Signed Dr. Seuss. Presented in a handmade white gold leaf frame.
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. A fine drawing of Yertle the Turtle sitting on a mound. Signed Dr. Seuss. Presented in a handmade white... Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Original drawing, a Seussian animal. [c. 1960–80]
£1,500
Approx. 7 × 8 inches. Original artwork in blue pen. A fine drawing of a characteristically Seussian animal holding up a sign on a pole reading "For Judy, John, Willie and...
Approx. 7 × 8 inches. Original artwork in blue pen. A fine drawing of a characteristically Seussian animal holding up a sign on a pole reading "For Judy, John,... Read more
SCHERMELE, Willy.
Original watercolour for Goldilocks: "Goldilocks Peers Through the Cottage Window." n.d.
£720
205 mm x 135mm, Original watercolour mounted framed and glazed.
205 mm x 135mm, Original watercolour mounted framed and glazed. Read more
SCHERMELE, Willy.
Original watercolour for Goldilocks: "The Three Bears at the Foot of The Stairs." n.d.
£975
230 × 190mm, Original watercolour mounted framed and glazed.
230 × 190mm, Original watercolour mounted framed and glazed. Read more
SCHERMELE, Willy.
Original watercolour, "Someone's been eating my porridge," said Mama bear. n.d.
£600
15 cm x 18cm. Original watercolour of Mama bear with a bowl of porridge and Baby bear, mounted framed and glazed.
15 cm x 18cm. Original watercolour of Mama bear with a bowl of porridge and Baby bear, mounted framed and glazed. Read more
SCHERMELE, Willy.
Original watercolour, Goldilocks tells Teddy "We are Going to the Wood, Where it is Cool." n.d.
£375
22 cm x 18cm. Original watercolour of Mama bear with a bowl of porridge and Baby bear, mounted framed and glazed.
22 cm x 18cm. Original watercolour of Mama bear with a bowl of porridge and Baby bear, mounted framed and glazed. Read more
ROTH, Dieter.
Books and Graphics (Part 1). From 1947 until 1971. 1973
£1,250
First Edition, First Impression. Dual text in German and English. Inscribed by Dieter Roth with a full page drawing on the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original photographic wrappers , titles to spine and wrappers in black. With the dust jacket. A lovely copy with light rubbing to edges of dust jacket. Read more
ROBINSON, W. Heath.
Original artwork: "Tightening Up the Green Belt." c. 1930's
£1,500
Original artwork in pen and ink. Approx. size 27.5 x 38 cm. Signed Rough Sketch Heath Robinson to the lower right. Mounted, glazed and framed.
Original artwork in pen and ink. Approx. size 27.5 x 38 cm. Signed Rough Sketch Heath Robinson to the lower right. Mounted, glazed and framed. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
"Come, now bait your hook again, and lay it into the water, for it rains again". 1931
£18,000
An original illustration by Arthur Rackham for his edition of Walton's Compleat Angler (1931), showing Venator and Piscator. The illustration appears opposite page 122 in the...
Ink and watercolour (216 × 178 mm). Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
A Gang of Gypsies. From Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. 1931
£18,000
An original illustration by Rackham for his edition of Walton's Compleat Angler (1931). The illustration appears opposite page 116 in the published work.
Ink and watercolour (235 × 279 mm). Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
How Galahad Drew Out the Sword from the Floating Stone at Camelot. 1905
£20,000
Superb original drawing as used in Arthur Rackham's first and subsequent editions of Malory's Morte d'Arthur, The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. The...
Original artwork in pen and ink and watercolour on board, signed lower right in pen by Arthur Rackham. Approx. image size 28 x 20 inches. Framed. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original artwork of a duel.
£2,000
A humorous line drawing by Rackham of two men preparing for a duel, one with a gun barrel four times the size of his opponent's. We are unsure which book or magazine this may have...
Original artwork in pen and ink. Image approximately 3 x 7.5 cm. (4 x 5 ¼ inches.) Presented in a handmade distressed gold leaf frame, glazed both sides. On... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original drawing, "He rescued a maid from the Dey of Algiers". 1898
£3,000
A preliminary line drawing by Rackham of the Captain boarding a Corsair ship, used to illustrate the Ingoldsby Legends (first edition 1898).
Original artwork in pen and ink. Image approximately 24 x 15.5 cm. (9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches.) Presented in a handmade distressed gold leaf frame. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: "He passed under the bridge and came within full sight of the delectable Gardens". 1906
£47,500
This is the scene where Peter steers his little nest-ship, built for him by the thrushes, into Kensington Gardens. Signed and dated by Rackham at upper right. The painting, along...
Ink and watercolour on paper (179 × 258 mm), within original buff card mount, outlined in black and grey ink and gold paper, glazed with UV protection glass in... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour, "The Dog it was that Died", from The Vicar of Wakefield. [c.1929]
£8,500
Original artwork in ink, pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. A fine drawing of an Islington gentlemen looking down on a dead dog. Signed by Arthur Rackham to...
Original artwork in ink, pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. A fine drawing of an Islington gentlemen looking down on a dead dog. Signed by... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour, "The Paradise of Children." 1922
£24,000
Original pen-and-ink and watercolour drawing for the tinted line drawing illustrating Pandora's Box in Arthur Rackham's "A Wonder Book", 1922. Signed and dated at lower right. Image...
Original pen-and-ink and watercolour drawing for the tinted line drawing illustrating Pandora's Box in Arthur Rackham's "A Wonder Book", 1922. Signed and dated at... Read more
